In the ongoing drama of the Philadelphia Eagles' quarterback drama, Sunday's training camp session at the NovaCare Center in South Philadelphia offered a smidge of news.

That bit of new information came via head coach Chip Kelly, who announced that he will know his quarterback situation by Wednesday.

Probably.

"We want to get through Tuesday, Wednesday practice, and then we've really got to sit down," Kelly said. "But after Wednesday, we'll probably have a final meeting and then have an idea going back through it. But we'll know by Wednesday what our situation is and kind of have who is going to be able to play in the game, and have it."

So far Michael Vick and Nick Foles have split the first-team duties and Vick has generally looked sharper, at least when his passes aren't clattering off the wire-mesh screens Kelly uses to simulate pass rushers and that he calls "flyswatters".

"The first day Chip put them out there I complained about it, complained about it, and he said the more you complain the more I'm going to keep it out here," Vick said. "I got to deal with it and it's been helping me. And now, I don't even pay attention to it."

Vick said he is starting to feel increasingly comfortable in Kelly's system.

"We're starting to get into a good rhythm out there and I have to keep that rhythm going as a quarterback," he said.,

Foles is looking forward to the preseason opener Friday against New England to show what he can do.

"The most important thing is how you play in a game, and while it's important to get it right in practice in game situations that's critical," he said. "No matter who starts Friday, we're going to get a chance and I am excited about it. We're all ready to play."

Rookie fourth-round pick Matt Barkley has been taking snaps with the reserves and probably isn't a candidate to start in the preseason or September. He too is looking forward to Friday.

"I think it's big for all three of us," he said. "I'm looking forward to it as a way to gain more traction, hopefully, in this race and just to prove what I'm capable of."

Kelly liked what he saw Sunday.

"I thought today they all played really well," he said. "I thought all three of those guys today, and then the little snaps that Dennis (Dixon) got, they played pretty well today."

Hendricks flourishing at OLB

Sunday's play of the day came from second-year outside linebacker Mychal Kendricks with a diving interception of a Foles pass.

Kendricks often looked a bit lost as a rookie but has made major strides since in all aspects of his game.

"Mychal Kendricks' skill set is great to blitz, but Mychal Kendricks' skill set is (also) great to cover," Kelly said. "So I would argue he may be our best cover linebacker. You look at the play he made, the dive and catch on the interception, I'm not sure we have another linebacker with that skill set ... It's nice to have a guy that has that skill set that can do both. What it ends up being for Mike, is he's truly a three‑down linebacker."

Special teams a priority

One major change from the Andy Reid era is increased attention to special teams from the head coach.

Reid seemed to take mental naps during special teams sessions, which perhaps explained the Birds' often-poor play in the kicking game.

Kelly, meanwhile, is not only involved, he offers personal instruction, as he did with DeSean Jackson Sunday on punt returns.

Kelly said he sees special teams as critical in close games.

"There is a statistic out there in the last 25 years in this league, four games a year comes down to three points or less," Kelly said. "So if the margin of victory is so close, we're going to work on anything that we possibly can within the rules to give us an advantage. If you accept your guys kind of going through special teams mediocre because as a staff it's not a big emphasis for you, when you go out on Sundays and don't play well in the kicking game, you have nobody to blame but yourself. We're going to put a huge emphasis on it."

Kelly noted how important decision-making on punt returns can be.

"You've got to catch a ball," he said. "There are so many hidden yards when the returner doesn't catch the ball, and all of a sudden now the other team gets an extra 15 yards because of the roll, where if we had just kept the ball off the ground, we're going to be 15 yards better than we were. So a lot of being a great punt returner is being a great decision maker. Can you go get it?"

Geathers scraps with OL

Training camp's first fight -- really more of a scuffle -- broke out in team drills when defensive lineman Clifton Geathers took objection to some of his blockers' tactics.

Geathers scrapped a few linemen at once, something you can do when you're 6-foot-8, 340 pounds.

Injury update

On the injury front, tackle Jason Peters left practice early with a hamstring injury, but did not appear to be limping.

The Eagles will conduct a open-to-the-public practice at Lincoln Financial Field Monday at 12:30 p.m. That will be Military Day when all five branches of the services will be honored.

Then on Tuesday the Birds open three days of practices with the New England Patriots at NovaCare; the third day, Thursday, will be a very light workout before Friday night's preseason game.

"We're still going to practice against the Patriots on Thursday, but it will just be in helmets," Kelly said. "It's a lot of situational work, situational kick game, and some of that stuff. So it's not a physical practice by any stretch. But talking about Coach Belichick, we want to get some work in."